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Postwar Japan

Postwar Japan. The economic miracle. Postwar Japan. What was the “economic miracle”? What makes it a miracle? What industries were important? What made it possible? What social changes took place after the war? In education? For women? For minorities? In cities and the countryside?

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Postwar Japan

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  1. Postwar Japan The economic miracle

  2. Postwar Japan • What was the “economic miracle”? • What makes it a miracle? • What industries were important? • What made it possible? • What social changes took place after the war? • In education? • For women? • For minorities? • In cities and the countryside? • In the workplace? • How did the media change? • What events influenced the change? • What other cultural developments do we see? Postwar Japan

  3. Postwar politics • What was the major political division in Japan? • What points did they differ on? • What happened to the communists and why? • What important change occurred in 1955? • How did the LDP operate? (271) • What were the main political goals of the 1950s? • What constitutional changes were sought? • How did labor unions change in the 1950s? • Evaluate the US military presence in Japan in the 1950s. (274) • What political activities did women engage in? • What issues did they focus on? • What issues were students concerned about? • What political activity did they engage in? Postwar Japan

  4. Postwar politics • What was the Police Duties law, and what happened with it? • Why might we consider 1960 a particularly important year? • Why was the Miike coal mine strike important? • What was its outcome? • How did the government relate to: • farmers? Why? • Small business people? Why? • How did the labor movement advance the interests of workers? • What were some of the most active unions? • How did the Japanese people respond to the Vietnam war? • What were important student issues in the 1960s? • What other social issues arose in the 1960s? (283-85) • How did local governments perform in the 1960s and 70s? Postwar Japan

  5. 1970s and 80s • What are some things that change for Japan from the 1960s to the 1980s? • What are some of the major issues it encounters? • Describe Japan’s relationship with the US. • What were some of the key issues there? • What measures did the government take in response to foreign criticism? • Describe Japan’s relationship with the rest of Asia. • What were Japan’s goals, and how did it pursue them? • What were some effects of the ’73 oil shock? • What were the distinctive features of Japanese business at the time? (Lu) • Why were they important? • How did politics function? Why was it a “conservative heyday”? • What social changes are associated with this time? • Why? Postwar Japan

  6. 1990s and beyond • Gordon sees 1989 and 1990 as important. • Why? What do you think? • What political changes occur in the 1990s? • For the LDP in particular? • Why? • What leads to the bursting of the “economic bubble”? • What continued foreign pressure does Japan face? • What other incidents did Japan have to deal with (in 1995, for example)? • What governmental problems did it have? • Japan at this point faces a declining population. • What impacts may this have? • on economy? • on quality of life? • on social structure? • What social changes occurred at this time? • in education, for youth, for the social fabric, for quality of life? Postwar Japan

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